Structure Preserving Encoding of Non-euclidean Similarity Data

Maximilian Münch, Christoph Raab, Michael Biehl, Frank-Michael Schleif

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Abstract

Domain-specific proximity measures, like divergence measures in signal processing or alignment scores in bioinformatics, often lead to non-metric, indefinite similarities or dissimilarities. However, many classical learning algorithms like kernel machines assume metric properties and struggle with such metric violations. For example, the classical support vector machine is no longer able to converge to an optimum. One possible direction to solve the indefiniteness problem is to transform the non-metric (dis-)similarity data into positive (semi-)definite matrices. For this purpose, many approaches have been proposed that adapt the eigenspectrum of the given data such that positive definiteness is ensured. Unfortunately, most of these approaches modify the eigenspectrum in such a strong manner that valuable information is removed or noise is added to the data. In particular, the shift operation has attracted a lot of interest in the past few years despite its frequently reoccurring disadvantages. In this work, we propose a modified advanced shift correction method that enables the preservation of the eigenspectrum structure of the data by means of a low-rank approximated nullspace correction. We compare our advanced shift to classical eigenvalue corrections like eigenvalue clipping, flipping, squaring, and shifting on several benchmark data. The impact of a low-rank approximation on the data’s eigenspectrum is analyzed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 9th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods (ICPRAM 2020),
Editors Maria De Marsico, Gabriella Sanniti di Baja, Ana Fred
Publisher SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications
Pages43-51
Number of pages9
Volume1
ISBN (Print) 978-989-758-397-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13-Mar-2020
EventThe 9th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods - Valletta, Malta
Duration: 22-Feb-202024-Feb-2020

Conference

ConferenceThe 9th International Conference on Pattern Recognition Applications and Methods
Country/TerritoryMalta
CityValletta
Period22/02/202024/02/2020

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